Gail+Vroman


 * SUMMARY: Gail Vroman, age 20, died July 19, 1979 after an abortion performed by Taskin Ratharathorn at the Ft. Wayne Women's Health Organization in Ft. Wayne, MI.**

Twenty-year-old Gail Ann Vroman had a [|safe and legal abortion] performed on July 14, 1979, by New York abortionist Taskin Ratharathorn at Ft. Wayne Women's Health Organization. Within two hours, Gail was transferred to a nearby hospital.

Gail died of massive [|infection] on July 18. The coroner ruled that the death was caused by //clostridium perfringens//, or "[|gas gangrene]."

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.



Sources: Ft. Wayne News Sentinel, Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette

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